I've lived in Indianapolis since 1974, and it is really a great town. We don't have an Inner Harbor, but we do have lots of things that are absolutely incredible. Lots of fun places, and tech, manufacturing and bio industry. Plus one of the fastest-growing residential areas in the country just north of town. Having said that...

I have to tell you that I am beyond upset about what the blue and white football losers did on December 27 when they sat Peyton Manning and other starters against the Jets. Most fans are and were hopping mad, but many have sadly gotten over the disrespect paid them when Colts President Bill Polian went on the radio and huffed that the fans' priorities weren't the team's priorities.

Now this week, Peyton is on the radio telling the fans how important they are for this week's game. Important indeed! Karma will get these guys, and I for one hope their egotistical butts are pounded into the turf play after play after play. After the snub we got, and the complete losing effort by that team in throwing away any chance to make any kind of history with a perfect season (if they in fact could have), I will be rooting for the Ravens all day this weekend because I have vowed never to utter the name of the local losers, let alone support them or set foot in that stadium our tax money is paying through the nose for.

My wife may leave the house, but I'll be wearing purple. Go Ravens! Find a way to kick Peyton Manning and his play-to-lose wimps out of town. Don't let him try to lose -- make him lose! We may have the only team in the country for whom winning is not important. They showed us two weeks ago that it is not about pride, accomplishment, job or career satisfaction, fan appreciation or anything other than whatever they decide at the moment -- and our choice is to like it.

Such disrespect deserves nothing but a disgraceful victory at the hands of a team who still knows the meaning of the best that sport has to offer. GO RAVENS! Mayflower can surely not come back too quickly for me.

Dan McGlaun, Indianapolis

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